Following the military operation initiated by Palestinian forces against Israel last Saturday, Israel continues its aerial bombardment of Gaza. The Rafah Border Crossing, the sole exit point for civilians in the region, was struck by Israel and Egypt was virtually threatened not to send aid to Gaza. The US is deploying military ships, aircraft carriers and munitions to aid Israel. ...
The Turkish-Egyptian Relations are at a critical turning point. After 8 years, the first diplomatic contact between the two countries was finally established in last May. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government is also stepping up its diplomatic initiatives in Libya, Gaza, Iraq and Qatar. United World International has interviewed the Former Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Rakha Ahmed Hassan about the Turkish-Egyptian ...
The Egyptian reaction to the recent and mutual escalation between the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian resistance, led by Hamas, surprised all observers. Cairo was more neutral during the war against Gaza in 2009 and 2014, but this time, it became relatively biased towards the resistance. This transformation represents one of the several transformations that the Egyptian foreign policy has ...
‘We are ready for cooperation with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean’ – Hamas Executive Basem Naim
We have spoken to one of Hamas’ executives, a member of the organization’s International Office, and the President of the Council on International Relations (CFR) in Gaza, Dr. Basem Naim, about the elections in Palestine, Turkish-Israeli relations, a possible cooperation between Turkey and Palestine in the Eastern Mediterranean and the situation of the region in general. Basem Naim considered the ...
The last legislative elections held in the Palestinian territories in 2006, which ended with the victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), had major repercussions. Most notably, a wide Palestinian split offered Israel an opportunity on a gold plate to shun any commitment to continue the peace process negotiations, on the pretext of the absence of a clear Palestinian partner ...